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Chalk

Get creative.

Help others learn.

We built Chalk for bloggers, creatives, and teachers. It starts with readable typography on a clean and responsive layout. You’ve got several different options for sharing and teaching at your finger tips. Post lesson lists. Share a syllabus or a class schedule. Track a group to-do list. Review a discussion. We’ve even included an optional print link with any post or page. All the tools are in place. Just add your materials and start sharing.

Add some style.

Make it your own.

Personalizing your new website should be fun. We’ve leveraged the built-in WordPress customizer, so adding your own background image or color is easy. On top of that, we’ve included seven hand selected font options. You can also set your own primary color for links and buttons with the built in color picker. Combine these fonts and colors with a custom background to give your website a truly unique look.

Watch. Listen. Read.

Share with your audience.

Chalk makes it simple to post any type of content: videos, quotes, links, status updates, asides, images, galleries, audio files, and even chats. Each format has a unique style, tailored to the media you post. Your audience will enjoy watching video, listening to music, and reading articles on your website.

Help and additional information

If you need help with Chalk be sure to read through the documentation by clicking the Support button at the top of the sidebar on this page. You can also ask us questions in the WordPress.com Chalk support forum.

Select Link from the post format box and type your link title into the post content editor. Next, highlight the text you just entered, and create your link by clicking the link icon in the editor. The post title will be ignored; only the linked text you entered will be shown.

Posting quotes

Select Quote from the post format box and type or paste your quote into the post content editor. Your quote will now display using Chalk’s custom Quote post format styling. The post title will not display, only the quoted text you enter will be shown.

Posting status updates

Select Status from the post format box and type a brief message into the post content editor. Your status update will now display using Chalk’s custom Status post format styling. The post title will not display, only the text you enter will be shown.

Note: This post format is not intended to display images and other typographic elements.

Posting videos

Select Video from the post format box. Make sure you are editing in the HTML editor mode, and paste your embed code into the post content area. The post title and meta will not display, only the video you embed will be shown.

Note: This post format will not display a Featured Image.

Posting audio

Select Audio from the post format box. Then, upload your audio files via the upload audio icon at the top of your post editor. You may also add a description for your audio files in the post content area.

If you choose to upload multiple audio files, a playlist will automatically be created.

Posting chats

Select Chat from the post format box. Then, create an unordered list. Separate each line of dialogue into a new list item by pressing enter/return on your keyboard. Your conversation will now display using Chalk’s native chat styling.

Styling overview

Chalk features a number of custom styles that will make your content stand out even further. Below are instructions for adding these custom styles to your content.

Alerts

Alert styles call attention to specific sections of your content. To style an alert, you will need to be in HTML editor mode. Then, wrap your content in a div with a class name of “alert”, like so:

To autostart a slideshow within a gallery post, add your gallery; then, paste the following shortcode into your post content, replacing the default

shortcode:

To autostart a slideshow within a page template or non-gallery post, include autostart=”true” into the shortcode, like so:

Creating pages

Chalk has three available page layouts, including the Default, Archives and Sitemap templates.

In your WordPress dashboard, navigate to Pages → Add New and select one of the three templates available from the Template drop-down; your content will be formatted accordingly.

Archives and Sitemap pages

The Archives and Sitemap pages on the demo site are created using the default page templates. Select “Archives” or “Sitemap” from the Template drop-down to set the specifically formatted display for these page types.

Uploading a Feature Image

Chalk’s Feature Image will display above your post content. To add a Feature Image to your post, you need to complete two steps:

Not sure how your Featured Image should look? Take a look at this example on the demo site.

Setting a custom background

In your WordPress dashboard, navigate to Appearance → Background. This will display the options available for adding a custom Background Image and/or Background Color.

Change the color scheme

In your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Appearance → Theme Options page. Under the “Fonts & Colors” section, enter your Primary and/or Secondary color value into the corresponding input fields, or feel free to use the color pickers for convenience.

Typography options

In your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Appearance → Theme Options page. Under the “Fonts & Colors” section, there are two options for controlling the font families used across your theme.

The Accent font is used for headings, block quotes, buttons, menus and other highlighted areas.

The Body font is used for your post copy and all other content that is not styled by the Accent font.

Display options

Chalk allows you to easily remove the author’s name, post navigation, print link, tags and categories from the post display. In your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Appearance → Theme Options page. Under the “Display options” section, check the appropriate options to prevent them from displaying on all posts and pages.

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